Barrel-closure



(No Model.)

H. C. STROUT.

BARREL eLosURE.

No. 436.161. Patented Sept. 9', 1890.

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HARVEY C. STROUT, OF PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS.

BARREL-CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,161, dated September 9, 1890.

Application tiled May 15, 1890. Serial No. 351,863. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HARVEY C. STRoUT, of Peabody, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barrels, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to barrels for use in the transportation of swill and other odoriferous substances; and it consists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which will be readily understood by reference to the description of the drawings, and to the claims hereinafter given, and in which my invention is clearly pointed out.

Figure l of the drawings is aplan of a barrel embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 isa vertical section of a portion of the barrel, on line a: on Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of the locking-cam.

' In the drawings, ct a represent the staves of the body of the barrel; b, the wooden head or cover having secured thereto the metal iiange-ring c, cast in one piece with the spokes d d and the central hub e, in which is set the stud f, as shown in Fig. 2.

The wooden head b is made of a diameter slightly less than the inner diameter of the barrel at the chine or end of the staves, and is secured to the iiange-ring c by means of a series of bolts g, and has secured between itand said lange-ringc the annular rubber gasket h, arranged to rest upon the ends of the staves, the outer diameter of said gasket and also of the iiange-ring being equal to the outer diameter of barrel at the ends of the staves, as shown in Fig. 2.

A plurality of ears t' t are iirmly secured to the upper portion of the body of the barrel by suitable bolts i', and each of said stands has pivoted thereto a cam-lever j, the outer end of which is made eccentric to its pivotal I connection to said stand, so that when its free end is depressed into the position shown in Fig. 2, its opposite end near its fulcrum will bear hard upon the iiange-ring c and compress the rubber gasket between it and the ends of the staves, so as to form aliquid-tight joint between the head or cover and the end of the body of the barrel.

The outer portion of the hub c has formed therein a plurality of rectangular notches or recesses adapted to receive the inner ends of the levers j, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The stud f has mounted thereon, so as to be freely movable about the axis thereof, the locking-hub Zaprovided with the rectangular slots k', for the passage of the inner ends of the levers j, and with the holes or sockets Z, for the reception of a spanner as a means of rotating said hub for the purpose of locking said levers j j in the position shown in the drawings.

.The under sides of the portions of the hub 7c which project therefrom between the slots la are slightlyinclined, so as to form cam-surfaces, as shown at m in Fig. 3,which serve to clamp the ends of the levers j j lirmly between it at the bottoms of the notches in the hub e, as shown in Fig. 2.

By moving the hub k about its axis until the slots la therein are directly over the ends of the levers j, said levers may be turned about their fulcrum-pins into the position indicated by dotted lines at the left of Fig. 2, and the head or cover can be readily removed for iilling the barrel or discharging the contents therefrom. When the barrel is filled and the cover is replaced, the levers j are turned into the position shown in full lines in the drawings, and the hub k is turned about its axis till the inner ends of the levers are rmly clamped,when the barrel will be closed airtight, so that no odors can escape therefrom, thus rendering it practical to transport swill or any other oensive liquids or semi-liquids on the cars. This is a great advantage, especially when the matter is to be transported to a considerable distance, as is often the case with the olfal of cities, which is now transported in cartsin bulk drawn by horses, often to a distance of .five to ten miles, because the railroad companies will not transport it on account of its offensive odor. This objection is entirely obviated by my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. In a barrel for transporting odoriferous substances, the combination of a barrel-body having secured thereto a plurality of ears i t', a removable head or cover composed of a IOO wooden disk, and a metal flange-ring secured thereto and proj eating beyond the periphery thereof, an annular rubber gasketseenred between said wooden disk and the flange-ring, a plurality of eanrlevers fulerurned on said ears and eonstrueted and arranged to press said cover rmlyagainst the ends ofthe stfwes, and :L locking-cam constructed and arranged to engage with the inner ends of said Cain-levers and firmly clamp them in closed positions.

2. The combination, in abarrel, of the staves a, a. detachable eovereomposed of the wooden disk l), the lnetalange-ring C, and the central hub e, all firmly bolted together, the rubber gasket 7L, the ears i i, firmly secured to said I 5 Steves, the earn-levers j j, pivoted to said ears, the stud f, the revoluble locking-hub 7c, provided with the slots k 7c', and the cam-surfaces m m, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my zo name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, on this 13th day of May, A. D. 1890.

HARVEY C. STROUT. Vtnesses:

N. C. LOMBARD, WALTER E. LOMBARD, 

